Posts Tagged ‘ homeschool ’

Why not “homebound” instead of “home-schooled?”

In the next story, there appears to be no intention on the part of the family to continue homeschooling after the sentence is served (“home-school” is a punishment, not a choice by the family) so why doesn’t the school just treat the boy as homebound? Sentence: Intensive probation — Hiland teenager admits to taking...
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Sympathy to victims, but “Please, research terms,” request to reporters

Crash survivors sent home, 12 July 2007, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach, California More than two weeks after a car accident in Azusa Canyon killed 18-year-old Long Beach resident Melanie Torres, two young survivors of the crash are beginning to heal. … He had hoped to attend marching band camp in the summer, but...
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Homeschooler Sammi Goldfeld wins project grant to cut waste

While looking for Earth Day Resources this week I came upon this East Valley Tribune, AZ article, Girl wins project grant to cut waste with canvas bags by Tammy Krikorian. I was delighted when I read that eleven year old Sammi Goldfeld had recently received $1,000 grant to launch her project “Reusable Bags: A...
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What is the truth?

While watching the goings on in the federal and state legislative world, the words from Jack Nicholson’s character in A Few Good Men of, You can’t handle the truth, bob around in my head sometimes. But I like to think that whatever gets out of control can be returned to reasonableness and rationality when...
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Wishing for 3 year olds

In Illinois, Kwame Raoul, Presidential candidate Senator Obama’s replacement as State Senator, has once again introduced a bill to lower the compulsory attendance age. Even as there is some controversy in Illinois as to whether this is a homeschooling issue to contend with, Senator Raoul’s bill to lower the compulsory attendance age 2 years...
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More News From Scotland

The Scottish organization, the Schoolhouse Home Education Association ( http://www.schoolhouse.org.uk/ ) and the groups Secretary and Press Officer, Alison Preuss were featured in an interview in the January HEM Support Group News . Alison told us at the time that the education climate in Scotland can get quite hot at times. She wrote: We...
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Damned by faint praise in New Jersey

It would seem that the Camden, New Jersey school system has a lot of problems, and that enough parents are withdrawing their children from school to attract attention, an action the headline seems to support. An organization mentioned in the news article, E3, meaning “Excellent Education for Everyone,” has a blog with a running...
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“Shoe’s” take on homeschooling

The cartoonists are getting closer to finding the real humor in homeschooling. Jeff McNelly’s Shoe, Thursday, 25 January 2007 Skyler and friend trudging through the snow. Skyler’s friend: “I’m home-schooled and I hate it!” Skyler: “Why?” Skyler’s friend: “For phys. ed., my parents make me shovel the driveway!” Well, yeah. Don’t most...
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South Dakota revokes homeschooling certification

Aberdeen American News, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 11 January 2007, Family loses home-schooling certification Anyone, anywhere at anytime can alert the state office that schooling in a particular home might not meet state requirements, Harms said, and that’s how the state learned of the Aberdeen case. The description of the ‘finding out’ process is chilling...
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Growth of sports league in Tennessee

Cookeville Herald Citizen, Cookeville, Tennessee, 9 January 2006, New home for basketball “These guys that are home-schooled, we wanted them to have an opportunity to be involved in basketball and have a program so this league was available,” said Daniel 1 head coach Carl Bullis. “We’re the only home-schooled group that’s in it; the...
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